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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a 240-year-old newspaper set to close after a protracted battle between its parent company and the paper’s union, was sold to a nonprofit that promises to keep the paper running.
The partnership is one of the first of its kind in the state and leaders say it is a way to strengthen and uplift Indigenous studies in higher education.
Really fantastic, new reporting by my colleague Yereth Rosen.
Trump wants to put you in a massive, secret government database: Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database.
FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.
Read more from @laurenleharper.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
A caution to viewers: this is a very explicitly violent true-crime account imo of the case of the serial killer Brian Steven Smith.
It also raises important questions of justice for the victims & families of Kathleen Jo Henry, Veronica Abouchuk & Cassandra Boskofsy
alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/27/n...
“This is an important win not just for The Handbasket but for the promise of transparency in DC. The court’s ruling vindicates the public’s right of access to body cam footage, and ensures that the public will get a full and accurate accounting of the episode at the US Institute of Peace last year.”
When Carpenter Media bought three Alaska newspapers, they had nine journalists in the state. Next week, they will have one.
Full moon time in Anchorage. The late-afternoon skies and returning light are so pretty now. #Alaska
Looks like the newsroom is entirely gone now. Very sad. Who is covering the news anymore for the Clarion and from where?
I worked on this editorial for more than half a year. I hope it adequately captures the challenges of Alaska media. Big thanks to @adndotcom for publishing it. www.adn.com/opinions/202... #akleg #AlaskaHistory
Great story. I live in Anchorage and had no idea that there was even an American Samoan community in Whittier.
ICYMI: Alaska is prosecuting 11 American Samoans for violating election laws so confusing and poorly explained that, crucially, the state itself did not even understand or enforce them.
boltsmag.org/prosecuted-f...
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Horrible.
Good news for the local journalism ecosystem in #Alaska
Having flown into Anchorage this afternoon, I can attest to how strong the winds were. Plane made two attempts and was being blown around before landing. I was pretty sure we were going to be diverted. At least one passenger vomited.
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
It's not just the newspapers.
"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
Anchorage is setting up four shelters that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000 people displaced by unprecedented storms that left entire Western Alaska communities largely uninhabitable.
In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com
This is a very good paragraph.
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
Glad to hear you’re continuing to report.
Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest Monday.
“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7
Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel